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For her doctoral project, UCF nursing graduate Alicia Jennings used a simple, cost-effective program to help reduce burnout among new graduate nurses in the emergency department.  Working in an emergency department is stressful not knowing what patient situation will arrive next and some are life-threatening. Due to the stressful environment more than 50% of emergency nurses report burnout, leading some to leave the profession. Further compounding the nursing shortage is new graduate […]

The clinic also serves as real-world classroom for medical, nursing, speech-language pathology and physical therapy students. UCF unveiled a new 38-foot UCF Heath Mobile Health Clinic on Wednesday, designed to bring free, high-quality healthcare directly to communities that need it most. The clinic also serves as a mobile classroom, preparing UCF healthcare students in programs […]

At the 2025 Florida Nursing Students Association convention, UCF’s Student Nurses’ Association received the Diamond Chapter Award for the fifth year in a row while students earned scholarships and gained valuable insights.  “Being active in the Student Nurses’ Association truly elevates the student experience at UCF by giving nursing students opportunities they wouldn’t get anywhere else,” says senior Allyson Crighton. “Beyond professional […]

Meet some of the future Knight nurses pursuing independent research through UCF’s Honors Undergraduate Thesis program, a unique opportunity that supports student success and contributes to nursing science.  I’ve always been deeply passionate about understanding how to care for patients beyond their physical needs,” says Allyson Crighton, an undergraduate student in UCF’s Traditional BSN program […]

Funded by NASA, the research leveraged immersive technologies and insights across disciplines to examine trust dynamics between humans and machines, ensuring safety and success for future space exploration. Born from the challenge of the Space Race, UCF was created to transform imagination into innovation and prepare people to launch humanity beyond its limits. Today, we […]

The gift will provide hundreds of UCF second degree bachelor’s in nursing students with much-needed scholarships and wrap-around services to support their success. Our nation is facing a nursing shortage crisis — and UCF is stepping up. By 2035, Florida is projected to be short of more than 59,000 nurses, including 37,400 registered nurses (RNs), […]

The collaborative interdisciplinary study is investigating how harmful blooms of blue-green algae and red tide in Florida are influencing human health. Harmful algal blooms do more than disappoint beachgoers with a do not swim advisory. Excessive growths of blue-green algae, known as cyanobacteria, and Karenia brevis, which creates red tide, release toxins into the surrounding air […]

With her second doctoral degree in nursing from UCF, Eunice Oladepe Ojo ’21DNP will address the shortage of nursing faculty and the leading cause of injury-related deaths among older adults in the U.S.   When Eunice Oladepe Ojo ’21DNP walks across the stage at Addition Financial Arena on Saturday she will be positively impacting two major […]

Newly appointed Dean Sharon Tucker sits down to share her journey to Central Florida and her vision to lead UCF’s College of Nursing into the future. On August 1, 2025, Sharon Tucker officially begins her appointment as dean of UCF’s College of Nursing and takes the helm at a time of growth and opportunity both […]

The Simulation, Technology, Innovation and Modeling is the first and only program in Florida accredited by the Association of SP Educators — and is now among an elite group worldwide with three accolades from leading organizations in the field. A longstanding leader in healthcare simulation, UCF’s College of Nursing has been awarded its third global […]